MediaTek has launched its latest flagship mobile platform, the Dimensity 9500, designed to boost AI capabilities, gaming, and power efficiency, with smartphones expected to debut in the fourth quarter of 2025.

The Dimensity 9500 features a third-generation All Big Core CPU with a 4.21GHz ultra core, delivering up to 32% higher single-core and 17% higher multi-core performance, while reducing peak power consumption by 55% and increasing multitasking efficiency by 30%.

The launch of the Dimensity 9500 is strategically timed just one day before Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 reveal, intensifying competition in the premium Android SoC market.

The company aims to deliver smarter, faster, and more personalized devices with AI integration, ecosystem partnerships, and high-performance, power-efficient solutions.

Initial phone launches featuring the Dimensity 9500, including models from Vivo and Oppo, are expected in October, signaling quick market availability.

MediaTek emphasizes its ongoing commitment to innovation through collaborations with game studios, device manufacturers, and software partners to create immersive mobile experiences.

The platform supports console-level ray tracing and real-time rendering, utilizing Unreal Engine features like MegaLights and Nanite to enhance immersive gaming.

Supporting advanced cache and memory architecture, it includes the industry’s first support for 4-channel UFS 4.1, doubling read/write speeds and accelerating AI model loading by 40%.

The GPU, an Arm Mali G1-Ultra, targets gaming with ray-tracing support and can deliver 120 frames per second, compatible with Vulkan 1.4 and Unreal Engine 5.5/5.6.

Major Android manufacturers like Xiaomi and Vivo could leverage the new chip to produce flagship devices that rival or surpass Apple’s AI features, often at more competitive prices.

Vivo is seen as a key beneficiary, especially in markets like Southeast Asia and India, where performance and value are highly prioritized.

Vivo has announced that its upcoming X300 and X300 Pro smartphones will be equipped with the Dimensity 9500, indicating rapid market entry after launch.

MediaTek has partnered with gaming studios to enable AAA-level real-time rendering and immersive lighting effects through Unreal Engine 5.6 and 5.5, elevating mobile gaming experiences.

The Dimensity 9500 supports a 128,000-token AI context window, allowing complex language models to operate entirely on-device, significantly boosting offline AI capabilities.